Pope turns on charm at press meeting

POPE Francis has shared intimate insights into the moments after his papal election, telling journalists he was immediately inspired to take the name of St Francis of Assisi because of his work for peace and the poor. "Let me tell you a story,"...

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PM, Abbott brave rain for Greek festival

AUSTRALIA'S political leaders have braved a wet and chilly Melbourne evening for a celebration of all things Greek. Under umbrellas and coats, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott walked along the city's Greek precinct...

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Gunmen kill justice official in Nigeria

GUNMEN have killed a senior judicial official in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano, police say. A Kano State police spokesman said Usamatu Badawi, a high court registrar, was pulled out of his car by gunmen and shot in the eyes as he was...

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Find new ways to spread faith, says Pope

Pope Francis has warned in his first mass that the Catholic Church risks becoming a charity. Source: AAP POPE Francis has urged the troubled Catholic Church not to give in to "pessimism" and to find new ways of spreading the faith "to the ends...

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Girl, 13, missing from Melbourne

A 13-YEAR-OLD girl has gone missing from Melbourne's outer suburbs. Eliza Falua was last seen at a medical centre in Dandenong at around 4.30pm (AEDT) on Friday, police said. She was due to be collected by family members at Dandenong railway...

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Several injured in unit explosion

POLICE are at the scene of what appears to be an explosion in a unit at Beenleigh. Police were called to the George Street unit complex shortly after 9.15pm. Police media said a number of people have been injured. One person is believed to...

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Man's body found near Broken Hill

THE body of an elderly man has been found near Broken Hill in outback NSW. Police said two elderly men, aged 81 and 78, went missing on Wednesday near Broken Hill after leaving the isolated mining town in a four-wheel drive. Police told AAP...

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UK, France prepared to arm Syrian rebels

FRANCE and Britain are ready to arm rebels in Syria, even without full support from the European Union, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. UK government sources said on Thursday that no decision had been taken to seek the lifting of...

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Govt lets down defence victims: taskforce

THE head of a taskforce investigating alleged abuses in the defence force says he's disillusioned with the federal government's failure to act on claims - and thinks victims may be too. DLA Piper taskforce leader Gary Rumble told a Senate Foreign...

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Chilean poet Neruda may have been poisoned

THE remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned. The leftist, who died 12 days after the 1973 military coup that ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and brought...

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Both sides use child soldiers in Syria

CHILDREN are being increasingly used on the frontline in Syria's war, with both sides utilising boys as soldiers and even human shields, a British charity says. Save the Children says girls are being forced into early marriage in an effort to...

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Traders on sidelines as Asian markets slip

MOST Asian markets have closed lower, with few catalysts to drive buying after recent gains. At the close on Wednesday, Tokyo fell 0.61 per cent, or 75.15 points to 12,239.66, Sydney slipped 0.5 per cent, or 25.5 points, to 5,092.4, while Seoul...

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1.7 million apply for 1500 Indian jobs

India's largest state-run bank has received 1.7 million applications for 1500 clerk jobs. Source: AAP INDIA'S largest state-run bank has received 1.7 million applications for 1500 entry-level clerk jobs - and has promised to examine all of...

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Unusual snow hits UK and Europe

HEAVY snow has caused havoc in Britain and Western Europe, cutting off power and disrupting road, air and train travel. In Britain, drivers including former Eurovision song contest winner Cheryl Baker were trapped for more than 10 hours as ice,...

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Coal use falls to record low

COAL use in energy production has fallen below 75 per cent for the first time in Australian history, lowering carbon emissions and suggesting a trend towards alternative energy. Carbon emission index monitors pitt&sherry say summer peak...

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Sick Queen misses Commonwealth Day service

QUEEN Elizabeth II will miss the Commonwealth Day service in London as she is still recovering from the symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says. The 86-year-old was admitted to hospital for the first time in 10 years last week due...

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Deliberate fire ended Tas tree sit: tweet

POLICE have reportedly confirmed that a deliberately-lit fire was behind a record-breaking Tasmanian anti-logging activist being forced from the tree that was her home for 15 months. Tree-sitter Miranda Gibson had until Thursday lived on a 60-metre...

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Portugal in worst recession in 37 years

PORTUGAL'S statistics agency says the economy contracted 3.2 per cent last year - its sharpest annual downturn since 1975. Portugal is enacting broad debt-reduction measures, including tax hikes and pay and pension cuts, in return for a 78 billion...

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Greens battered in WA election

The Greens suffered even more than the Labor Party in the WA election. Source: AAP IF Labor's performance in the West Australian election was bad, the Greens was worse - and the party's federal leader Christine Milne says it's a clear warning...

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India's Kumbh Mela festival draws 120m

THE world's biggest religious festival has concluded with nearly two million pilgrims taking a dip in an Indian holy river that washed away the sins of 120 million people in the last 60 days. The Kumbh Mela, celebrated every 12 years at the conjunction...

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Karzai alleges US, Taliban colluding

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has accused the Taliban and the US of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave - an allegation the top American commander in Afghanistan rejected as "categorically...

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